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Puxing PX-D03

I was bored today so I started exploring an online radio store and found this odd radio called the Puxing PX-D03. It's basically a Nokia phone clone with a dual-band radio attachment. It seemed like an interesting radio, but I only found a few reviews of it online. Here's the manufacturers Web page for it.

If somebody figures out how to get one of these on Verizon, let me know!

I'm a little concerned about a ham rig that contains a cellphone. There are laws against using a cellphone while driving in some places, and some of those laws exempt ham radio or radio equipment that is not a cellphone. This device really blurs that line, and opens up several big cans of worms.

Unfortunately those are GSM phones
Verizon Wireless uses CDMA and now LTE
Kinda neat though... I'm just not sure about the ham radio and cell phone in one device as well..

Originally Posted by K0RGR

If somebody figures out how to get one of these on Verizon, let me know!

I'm a little concerned about a ham rig that contains a cellphone. There are laws against using a cellphone while driving in some places, and some of those laws exempt ham radio or radio equipment that is not a cellphone. This device really blurs that line, and opens up several big cans of worms.

Yes this unit could be trouble for an amateur radio operator that wants to use it as a way to chat with his pals on the local repeater. If it'll make it that far. There's absolutely no way to tell if it's being used as a phone or an amateur radio. It would be a neat thing to have in some ways. The fact it's GSM makes it kind of out dated for our use. It's a jack of all trades and a master of none.
Don't think I'll be buying one.
73
Gary

I have one of these. It was a Christmas gift from last year. Some issues I've had with it include:

It is only 2 watts max output. I either need an external antenna up in the air, or I have to be sitting within almost visual distance of the repeater to hit it.

The "outdoor" profile is ... VERY loud.

Even though I imported my contacts, if someone on my contact list calls me, it still only shows the number, and NOT the contact name.

The days of the week are all in Chinese, even though it is on the English profile.

When our local repeater identifies, I hear a steady "click click click" sound popping quietly in the background. It only happens on this radio, so I have to wonder if the cell phone half isn't possibly self-interfering with the radio half.

Programming it is pretty straight forward, but one of the options you can set is a "label" for the memory channel... you never SEE the label in use after you set it, so this is kind of a waste of memory to store one.

I wouldn't use this while driving, for the reasons mentioned by others ... it is primarily a cell phone, and secondarily a radio. The radio half has NO way to be used by itself, but the cell half DOES, so this would very likely NOT qualify a "ham radio" for the purposes of exemption in places that have no cells while driving laws.